EP0656321A1 - Réacteur pour l'oxidation de l'eau supercritique ayant des conduits de paroi destinés à la régulation du débit limite - Google Patents

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EP0656321A1
EP0656321A1 EP94118873A EP94118873A EP0656321A1 EP 0656321 A1 EP0656321 A1 EP 0656321A1 EP 94118873 A EP94118873 A EP 94118873A EP 94118873 A EP94118873 A EP 94118873A EP 0656321 A1 EP0656321 A1 EP 0656321A1
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  • This invention lies in the field of supercritical water oxidation, and the apparatus in which oxidation in a supercritical water medium is performed.
  • Supercritical water oxidation is the oxidation of waste material in a body of water under conditions above the thermodynamic critical point of water, which is 374°C and 221 bar (2.21 x 107 pascals).
  • Water at supercritical conditions has a density of about one-tenth that of liquid water, and exhibits properties similar to those of a dense gas, including miscibility with organics and combustion gases in all proportions.
  • SCWO When operated effectively, SCWO is applicable to waste water streams containing up to 20% organics by weight, with removal efficiencies in excess of 99.99% at typical reactor conditions of 500 to 650°C and 250 bar (2.50 X 107 pascals) with residence times of 10 to 30 seconds.
  • Temperature control is important in maintaining the desired reaction rate in SCWO and in preventing NO x and SO2 formation.
  • Known methods of achieving this include controlling the heating value of the aqueous feed stream, either by diluting the stream with water or adding fuel. Preheating of the feed stream and cooling the reactor are also effective methods of controlling the temperature profile along the reaction flow path.
  • the flow metering channel controls the rate of flow through the fluid passage.
  • Features of the channel such as its cross section, its length, and the number of turns in the channel provide the channel with a preselected level of resistance to water flowing through it under the pressure differential. Precise engineering of this channel to achieve a high level of tolerance in the flow metering channels from one fluid passage to the next provides the reactor with the ability to achieve a high degree of uniformity and continuity in the water film along the wall, and thereby avoid bare spots where the supercritical water in the bulk of the tube can directly contact the wall. Control of reaction conditions can further be achieved by varying one or more of these features of cross section, length and number of turns, from one fluid passage to the next.
  • Varying these features will result in variations in the level of resistance to flow among the channels and hence the flow rates through them. This will be useful in certain embodiments of the invention when it is considered desirable that the water feed rate vary in a preselected manner along the length of the reactor tube.
  • the reaction occurring in the bulk of the reactor tube can for example be optimized in this manner.
  • the distribution section is a channel of expanding cross section which distributes the water flow along the length of a slot-shaped exit port to form the thin film.
  • Flow diverters in the distribution section assist in the distribution of the flow as the cross section of the channel expands.
  • Each exit port is aligned along the circumference of the reactor tube, and the exit ports of neighboring flow passages are spaced and arranged relative to each other such that the water emerging from all exit ports collectively forms a continuous film along the reactor wall during passage of the supercritical water occupying the bulk space in the interior of the reactor tube.
  • each fluid passage further includes a series of orifices or short conduits arranged in parallel upstream of the flow metering channel.
  • These orifices are each of a cross section which is equal to or less than that of the flow metering channel and all water entering the flow metering channel first passes through this series of orifices.
  • the orifices collectively serve as a fitter to prevent particulate matter from entering the channel where the particulate matter might obstruct flow through the channel.
  • the orifices function by retaining the particulate matter themselves, permitting water to continue to flow through any remaining, unobstructed orifices in the same series.
  • the reactor tube wall is manufactured by known platelet technology.
  • the wall is a laminate of thin sheets bonded together, each sheet having been etched prior to bonding.
  • the etched regions are either etched part way through the thickness of the sheet, thereby forming troughs (depth-etched regions), or etched all the way through the sheet, thereby forming through passages (through-etched regions).
  • Each sheet contains one or both types of etched regions, and the etched regions of neighboring sheets overlap to form the fluid passages referred to above.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective sectional view of a reactor tube illustrative of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 2a through 2e are plan views of sections of individual platelets in a segment of the wall of the reactor tube of FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 2f is a plan view of the reverse side of the platelet section of FIG. 2e .
  • FIG. 3 is a cross section of the laminated inner lining of the reactor tube of FIG. 1 , taken along the line 3 - 3 of FIG. 2f . This is a cross section across the entire laminate, even though FIG. 2f depicts only a single platelet.
  • FIG. 4a is a further cross section of the laminated inner lining, taken along the line 4a - 4a of FIGS. 2c and 3
  • FIG. 4b is a still further cross section, taken along the line 4b - 4b of FIGS. 2f and 3 .
  • These are also cross sections across the entire laminate.
  • FIG. 1 shows a section of the reactor tube wall in the region where the continuous film of water is maintained, with a wedge extending over one-fourth of the circumference of the tube cut away to reveal the inner surface of the tube and some of the larger channels in the wall construction.
  • the tube 11 contains a structural outer wall 12 of solid material to provide sufficient strength to retain the elevated pressure inside the tube interior and to provide heat insulation.
  • a cylindrical passage 13 which forms the reaction zone through which flows the waste stream undergoing oxidation at supercritical conditions.
  • the waste stream in this example follows a direction of flow indicated by the arrow 14 .
  • the inner surface 15 of the tube adjacent to the reaction zone is interrupted by the slot-shaped exit ports 16 of the fluid passages described above in the "SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION," these exit ports forming an ordered array of openings along the tube inner surface.
  • the term "slot-shaped" is used to indicate that, except for the curvature of the tube wall, each exit port is rectangular in shape with one dimension of the rectangle being longer than the other. In the arrangement of these slot-shaped exit ports in the wall surface, the longest dimension of each port is aligned with the tube circumference.
  • the exit slots are preferably arranged on the inner surface of the tube in a staggered array. One example of such a array is shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the slots are arranged in axially aligned rows ( i . e ., rows running parallel to the tube axis), the rows themselves being staggered relative to each other.
  • the ends of the slots in one row are close to, and optionally in axial alignment with, the ends of the slots in the adjacent row, but the slots of adjacent rows do not overlap.
  • the axial rows may overlap to achieve staggering in both the axial ad circumferential directions.
  • a laminated tube wall lining 21 Between the structural outer wall 12 and the reaction zone 13 is a laminated tube wall lining 21 .
  • This lining contains all of the channels and fluid passages through which the water is supplied to the exit ports 16 along the inner surface of the reactor tube. A detailed depiction of the lining appears in the enlarged views shown in FIGS. 2a - 2f , 3 , 4a and 4b .
  • the laminate is formed of platelets etched to form a combination of depressions or indentations ad through passages, arranged and overlapped to form the channels which control the flow rate of the water to the exit ports ad distribute the water uniformly along the length of each exit port as well as among the totality of exit ports in the array.
  • the laminate consists of eight platelets. Individual platelets from a portion of one axial strip of the laminate are shown in FIGS. 2a . 2b , 2c , 2d and 2e , which represent the five innermost platelets, respectively.
  • the platelet shown in FIG. 2e is the platelet which forms the inner surface of the reaction tube, and containing the exit ports 16 .
  • FIGS. 2a through 2f and 4 are planar representations of these curved platelets, eliminating the curvature for purposes of clarity.
  • the eight platelets in these drawings are numbered 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 and 38 .
  • the outermost platelet 31 (FIGS. 3 , 4a and 4b ) is situated furthest from the reaction zone and adjacent to the structural outer wall 12 (FIG. 1 ), whereas the innermost platelet 38 forms the wall surface of the reaction zone.
  • the segments of the flow path will now be described in the order in which they occur in the direction of flow.
  • the water feed channels 22 are formed by indentations or troughs in the outermost platelet 31 , through passages or elongated slits in the second-from-outermost platelet 32 , and indentations or troughs in the third-from-outermost platelet 33 , the slits and toughs all fully aligned.
  • the slits and troughs, and hence the resulting water feed channels 22 are all parallel to the axis of the reactor tube id extend the full length of the portion of the reactor tube over which the array of exit ports extends. Water is supplied to the water feed channels by feed ports (not shown) either at one ad of the reactor tube, or at one or more locations along the length of the reactor tube through the structural wall 12 (FIG. 1 ).
  • passages Spaced periodically along the lengths of the water feed channels 22 are connecting passages (FIGS. 3 and 4a ) through which water passes from the water feed channels into the filter orifices 23 (FIGS. 2c , 3 and 4a ).
  • These passages consist of through-etched areas 41 in the third-from outermost platelet 33 , formed by etching through the remainder of this platelet, and wider through-etched areas 42 , 43 in the fourth-from-outermost and fifth-from-outermost platelets 34 , 35 , respectively, these wider areas extending the width of the entire series of orifices to feed all orifices directly.
  • the orifices 23 themselves are etched-through openings in the sixth-from-outermost platelet 36 .
  • These etched-through openings together with the facing surfaces of the adjacent platelets on both sides, form short channels arranged in parallel, each to serve as a separate feed conduit for a common collection channel 24 , which is formed as an etched-through passage in the fifth-from-outermost platelet 35 .
  • the collection channel 24 runs transverse to the short channels and overlaps them at their downstream ends, thereby collecting the water from them at these ends.
  • Each short channel thus serves as a bypass for each of the others, and if any of these short channels become plugged or obstructed by particulate matter from the water flow, the flow through the remaining channels will continue to feed the collection channel and hence the flow metering channel 25 downstream without interruption.
  • each series includes at least three such orifices, more preferably at least six. In presently preferred embodiments, there are either seven, eight or twelve such orifices per flow metering channel.
  • the collection channel 24 and the flow metering channel 25 are formed by an through-etched region in the fifth-from-outermost (third-from-innermost) platelet (FIG. 2b ).
  • the flow metering channel 25 is a single, continuous, unbranched channel, preferably of constant cross section throughout its length. The shear forces exerted by the wall of this narrow channel on the water passing through it offer the major portion of the flow resistance encountered by the water in its travel to the exit port.
  • the length, width and configuration or shape of each of these flow metering channels among the various exit ports are all easily controlled by the etching process, while the depth is easily controlled by the platelet thickness.
  • the turns will most conveniently be 90° or greater, preferably 90°, 180° or both, and the number of these turns may be the same along the entire length of the water-film-covered wall of the reactor tube, or it may vary along the tube length, as desired. In certain applications, it will be beneficial to provide a varying rate of supply to the water film, and in particular a rate which increases along the direction of flow through the reaction zone. Since the water film can be used to impose temperature control on the supercritical reaction mixture, there will in certain embodiments of the invention be a greater need for such control as the reaction progresses along the length of the tube.
  • the need may also arise from an increasing amount of salts suspended in the reaction medium as the medium progresses through the tube, and hence an increasing amount of water supply to the film to prevent deposition of the salts.
  • the level of flow resistance through the flow metering channel is constant along the length of the tube or variable, there will be at least one turn of at least 90° in the channel, and preferably between one and ten such turns.
  • the cross section of the flow metering channel will be either approximately the same (in width and depth) as that of the orifices 23 or larger, in either case so that the orifices will serve effectively as filtering means.
  • the distribution section 26 in this embodiment is formed by an indentation which is depth-etched into the innermost platelet 38 , on the side opposite the side exposed to the reaction.
  • the platelet 37 which is adjacent to the innermost platelet 38 on its outer side forms the outer wall of the distribution section.
  • Aligned openings 46 , 47 in the next two adjacent platelets 36 , 37 (FIGS. 2c and 2d , respectively) permit passage of water from the flow metering channel 25 into the distribution section.
  • the distribution section 26 is triangular in shape with the aligned openings 46 , 47 in alignment with one apex of the triangle. The flow cross section thus expads from that apex of the triangle to the elongated exit port 16 at the side opposite the apex.
  • the distribution section 26 contains an array of islands 48 serving as flow diverters to promote an even distribution of the flow along the width of the section as the width expands to equal the long dimension of the exit port.
  • the islands are formed by unetched areas in the platelet, and they are arranged in a staggered array to force the water to follow a convoluted path through the section.
  • Alternative means of promoting a uniformly expanding flow distribution are those involving the use of flow diverters or channels of other shapes and configurations. Elongated barriers transverse to the flow direction may be used, for example, serving as baffles over which the water flows as a cascading sheet, alternating back and forth in directions perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 2 .
  • Further alternative means may involve the use of flow-expanding orifices arranged to expand the flow in the direction parcel to the planes of the platelets. Still further alternatives will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art.
  • the exit ports 16 in the structure shown in the drawings are passages formed by through-etched areas 51 of the innermost platelet 38 (FIGS. 2e , 2f and 3 ).
  • the water approaching the exit ports from the distribution sections flows in a direction parallel to the reactor tube wall.
  • the downstream edge 52 of the through-etched area has a stepwise profile, formed by etching a portion 53 of the platelet only part of the way through (FIGS. 2e and 3 ), this portion being immediately below the etched-through area 51 .
  • the laminates of the present invention may be formed by conventional techniques for etching metals and forming metal laminates.
  • Common photo-etching techniques involve the use of masks applied to the individual layers (or platelets) prior to lamination, either by stencils or by photographic techniques. This is followed by chemical etching through the masks, then by removal of the masks. Lamination of the platelets is then achieved by either diffusion-bonding, roll-bonding, brazing, or other conventional techniques for laminated metals.
  • Diffusion-bonding which is a particularly effective method for this application, involves hot-pressing the platelets together, using pressures typically in the range of 6.9 to 20.7 MPa (1000 to 3000 psi) and temperatures typically in the range of 455-540°C.
  • the individual platelets themselves may be made of any material which can be formed into appropriately thin sheets, which is susceptible to etching and diffusion-bonding, and which is preferably corrosion-resistant to at least a moderate degree under the conditions to be encountered in super-critical water oxidation.
  • metallic materials which meet this description are aluminum and steel. High corrosion resistance is not necessary, since most of the tendency to corrosion will be eliminated by the thin film of water distributed over the reactor surface in accordance with the invention.
  • the platelets may vary in thickness, and the thicknesses of particular platelets are not critical to the invention. In most cases, however, it is contemplated that platelets having thicknesses less than about 0.025 inch (0.064 cm) per platelet will be used. Preferably, the platelet thicknesses will fall within the range of about 0.001 inch (0.0254 cm) to about 0.025 inch (0.064 cm).
  • the aggregate of the platelets, and thus the laminated lining of the reaction tube, is of a thickness which is preferably less than about 0.3 inch (0.762 cm), more preferably about 0.03 inch (0.0762 cm) to about 0.3 inch (0.762 cm), and most preferably from about 0.05 inch (1.27 cm) to about 0.2 inch (0.51 cm).
  • the innermost and outermost platelets ( 31 and 38 ) and the fourth platelet from the outer side ( 34 ) are each approximately 0.020 inch (0.051 cm) in thickness
  • the second and third platelets from the outer side ( 32 and 33 ) are each approximately 0.010 inch (0.0254 cm) in thickness
  • the fifth and sixth platelets from the outer side ( 36 and 37 ) are each approximately 0.005 inch (0.013 cm) in thickness.
  • the flow metering channel 25 may vary in cross section and length, and the values of these parameters for any particular flow metering channel are not critical to the invention. In most applications, however, it is contemplated that the flow metering channel will have a cross-sectional area of less than about 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 3 square inch (6.45 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 3 square centimeter).
  • the cross-sectional area will fall within the range of about 0.01 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 3 square inch (0.0645 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 3 square centimeter) to about 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 3 square inch (6.45 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 3 square centimeter), and in particularly preferred embodiments, the cross-sectional area will fall within the rage of about 0.01 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 3 square inch (0.0645 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 3 square centimeter) to about 0.20 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 3 square inch (1.29 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 3 square centimeter).
  • the length of the flow metering channel will preferably range from about 0.01 inch (0.0254 cm) to about 3 inches (7.62 cm), and most preferably from about 0.1 inch (0.254 cm) to about 2 inches (5.08 cm).
  • the flow metering channel is 0.010 inch (0.0254 cm) in width, 0.005 inch (0.0127 cm, the thickness of the platelet 36 ) in depth, and approximately one inch (2.54 cm) in length.
  • a preferred range for the longest dimension of each exit port is from about 0.05 inch (0.127 cm) to about 0.5 inch (1.27 cm), and a more preferred range is from about 0.1 inch (0.254 cm) to about 0.3 inch (0.762 cm).
  • a preferred range for the ratio of the longest dimension of each exit port to the circumference of the inner surface of the reaction tube is about 0.003:1 to about 0.3:1, with a more preferred range of from about 0.01:1 to about 0.1:1.
  • the longest dimension of the exit port is about 0.2 inch (0.508 cm)
  • the depth of the distribution section 26 and hence the depth or short dimension of the exit port is about 0.01 inch (0.0254 cm)
  • the stepwise trailing edge is comprised of two steps each 0.01 inch (0.0254 cm) in depth
  • the axial lengths of both the through-etched passage upstream of the first step 52 and the depth-etched intermediate landing 53 between the steps are each 0.050 inch (0.127 cm).
  • the expansion ratio of the flow cross section in the distribution section is at least about 10:1, and in further preferred embodiments, from about 10:1 to about 50:1.
  • the axial distance between axially adjacent exit ports in preferred embodiments is from about 0.1 inch (0.254 cm) to about 1.0 inch (2.54 cm), and most preferably from about 0.25 inch (0.64 cm) to about 0.6 inch (1.52 cm).
  • the inner diameter of the reaction tube is preferably from about 0.5 inch (1.27 cm) to about 5 inches (12.7 cm), and most preferably from about 1 inch (2.54 cm) to about 3 inches (7.62 cm).
  • Operating conditions for a reactor tube of the type described herein may vary. In general, temperatures and pressures within the ranges described above in the "BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION" may be used. In most applications, the pressure drop from the water feed channels 22 to the exit ports 16 will be from about 50 psi to about 500 psi.
  • the water itself is preferably deionized water, or any other appropriately cleaned water, and the feed pressure may be on the order of 4000 to 5000 psi.
  • the reactor tube of the invention may be supplemented by a preheating section upstream of the section in which the oxidation reaction occurs.
  • a preheating section water from the same source as the water used to form the continuous film in the reaction section (and supplied by the same water feed channels 22 ) is directed into the bulk of the reaction medium to raise the temperature of the medium to the supercritical range.
  • This preheating technique offers considerable advantages over external heating methods of the prior art, which use heating wire or tape to heat the tube exterior in this section of the tube which is particularly vulnerable to salt precipitation.
  • Channels to direct the water in this manner can be formed in the wall by platelets which are continuations or extensions of the platelets forming the wall lining in the reaction section.
  • the platelets in the preheating section will be etched in patterns different from those in the reaction section, to form cause the water passing through them to enter the reaction space as radially directed jets of heated water. Water from these jets will penetrate into the bulk of the reaction medium, thereby mixing with the reaction medium and raising its temperature. Channels to produce jets of this type can vary considerably in shape, direction, and configuration.
  • One example of a configuration which will achieve effective preheating is a straight, radially oriented channel with a length-to-diameter ratio of from about 5:1 to about 10:1.
  • reaction tube and flow configurations will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art.
  • additional channels for the supplemental feed of oxidizer may be included at specified distances along the length of the reaction tube as a means of controlling the reaction temperature as the reaction progresses.
  • Other means of controlling the temperature profile along the reaction flow path as well as the composition of the reaction mixture will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art.

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